Subs. by Act 22 of 1995, s. 86, for clause (d) (w.e.f. 26-5-1995). — THE TEA ACT, 1953

5. Subs. by Act 22 of 1995, s. 86, for clause (d) (w.e.f. 26-5-1995). *. Vide notification No. S.O. 3912(E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh. [28th May, 1953.] An Act to provide for the control by the Union of the Tea industry, including the control, in pursuance of the International Agreement now in force, of the cultivation of tea in, and of the export of tea from, India and for that purpose to establish a Tea Board and 2 [levy a duty of excise on tea produced in India.] BE it enacted by parliament as follows:― (i) with reference to a tea estate or garden or a sub-division there of the possession of which has been transferred by lease, mortgage or otherwise, means the transferee so long as his right to possession subsists; and (ii) with reference to a tea estate or a garden or a sub-division for which an agent , is employed means the agent if, f, and in so far as, he has been duly authorized by the owner in that behalf; (l) " prescribed " means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (m) " standard export figure " means such quantity as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify pursuant to any international agreement in this behalf. (n) " tea " means the plant Camellia Sinensis (L) O. Kuntze as well as all varieties of the product known commercially as tea made from the leaves of the plant Camelia Sinensis (L) O. Kuntze including green tea; (o) " tea seed " includes seeds, roots, stumps, cuttings, buds, and any living portion of the plant Camellia Sinensis (L) O. Kuntze which may be used to propagate that plant. CHAPTER II THE TEA BOARD

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